G.I. Robot
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| G.I. Robot | |
 G.I. robot, artist Ross Andru |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Weird War Tales #101 (July 1981) |
| Created by | Robert Kanigher (writer) Pepe Morino Casaras (artist) Fred Carrillo (artist) |
| In story information | |
| Species | Robot |
| Team affiliations | Creature Commandos United States Marine Corps |
| Notable aliases | J.A.K.E., J.A.K.E. 2, |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength Bulletproof casing Mechanical stamina Built-in machine gun arm. |
G.I. Robot is the name of a series of fictional robots that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. J.A.K.E. 1 first appeared in Weird War Tales #101 (July 1981), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Pepe Morino Casaras. J.A.K.E. 2 first appeared in Weird War Tales #113 (July 1982), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Fred Carrillo.
[edit] Fictional character biography
G.I. Robot is a robot designed by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor named Thompson. He is deployed to a Pacific island to fight the Japanese military during World War II alongside the United States Marines. He is placed under the control of a sergeant named Coker. Although the robot is technically named Jungle Automatic Killer - Experimental Number 1 (J.A.K.E. 1), Coker gives the robot the nickname G.I. Robot. Coker is skeptical of the robot's abilities, but it soon earns his trust.
J.A.K.E. 1 is destroyed in Weird War Tales #111 but is replaced by J.A.K.E. 2, which also goes by the nickname G.I. Robot. The second G.I. Robot continues to fight on various Pacific islands, including the danger-filled Dinosaur Island. It later teams with the Creature Commandos. J.A.K.E. 2 and the Creature Commandos were presumed killed when the rocket they are riding to Berlin misfires and headed into deep space (Weird War Tales #124).
In Checkmate # 24, there is a New G.I. Robot given a version number of 6.1 that is one of the Rooks, part of the command order of Checkmate. This version goes solely by J.A.K.E. and appears to have been constructed using the original World War II era program design. It has a new body comprised of components formerly used by the industrialist/murderer Maxwell Lord during a time when his consciousness was contained in an android form.
[edit] Powers and abilities
The G.I. Robots were both fully autonomous mechanical soldiers, capable of making decisions and adapting to changes in their environments. Each unit is armor plated, and can withstand direct fire from small arms. The left arm of the robots was a fully functional machine gun, which can fire both bullets, mini-torpedoes, and small anti-aircraft missiles. The G.I. Robot's can fly for short distances thanks to small rockets in their boots.
